Maryland Democrat Rep. Steny Hoyer is participating in a project to recreate the Star-Spangled Banner.Hoyer visited the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore on Friday to add his stitch to the ...

Maryland invites the public to stitch a new flag using ... maker Mary Pickersgill created in just six weeks the 30-by-42-foot flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.

The 30-foot by 34-foot Star-Spangled Banner, ... Visitors to the historical society this summer were invited to pitch in with a stitch . . . eight-year-old Bridget Valkendurgh among them.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer is participating in a project to recreate the Star-Spangled Banner. Hoyer will visit the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore on Friday to add his ...

In order to remove the linen backing on the Star-Spangled Banner, the conservators first removed the web of approximately 1.7 million stitches that had held it in place since 1914. They used tweezers ...

On most days, Tony Wheeler of Arnold is a guide for a company that offers historic tours in Maryland. But on Sunday, Wheeler became part of history himself. Wheeler, wearing a top hat and early 19t… ...

A photo of the original Star-Spangled Banner that appeared in the program book for its centennial in Baltimore, Maryland, 1914. For scale, note the woman in the window at left.

April 27, 2006 — -- "The Star Spangled Banner" has provided the soundtrack to our national pastime since 1918, when the spirited tune debuted at a baseball game. Now there is a new version ...